The Benders decomposition algorithm has been successfully applied to a wide range of
difficult optimization problems. This paper presents a state-of-the-art survey of this algorithm …

This paper presents a tutorial on the state-of-the-art software for the solution of two-stage
(mixed-integer) linear stochastic programs and provides a list of software designed for this …

The uncapacitated facility location (UFL) problem is one of the most famous and most
studied problems in the operations research literature. Given a set of potential facility …

The production routing problem (PRP) is a generalization of the inventory routing problem
and concerns the production and distribution of a single product from a production plant to …

Shelters are safe facilities that protect a population from possible damaging effects of a
disaster. For that reason, shelter location and traffic assignment decisions should be …

Logistics interfaces with manufacturing throughout the entire production process need
synchronous operations. For achieving integrated organization and operations between …

Collaborative vehicle routing of multiple logistics providers is an important component of
horizontal logistic collaboration that generates economic and societal benefits. Existing …

Benders is one of the most famous decomposition tools for Mathematical Programming, and
it is the method of choice eg, in mixed-integer stochastic programming. Its hallmark is the …

Risk scores are simple classification models that let users make quick risk predictions by
adding and subtracting a few small numbers. These models are widely used in medicine …

An important problem of the freight industry is the parcel delivery network design, where
several facilities are responsible for assembling flows from several origins, re-routing them …